RPAGF Chapter 288 How can one continue to exhaust all resources?
Chapter 288 How can one continue to exhaust all resources?
"Commander, what is the rank of the highest commander of the military region?" Zhuang Jiwu asked.
Zhuang Jiwu himself did not want to know this question, he was also asking on behalf of the officers present. Of course, as Fang Jian's secretary, he also had to participate in the construction of various divisions, so naturally he needed to know more.
Fang Jian said: "The highest commander of the military region is the commander, and his rank is tentatively set at general."
"It includes a military district commander, a deputy commander, a political commissar, and a chief of staff. These positions are tentatively designated as generals."
"The remaining heads of the Logistics Department, Ordnance Department, Military Training Department, and Military Law Department are all tentatively appointed as Lieutenant Generals."
Fang Jian gave a brief introduction. There are still many imperfections at present, which will be gradually improved in the future.
Under the expectant gazes of several people, Fang Jian introduced: "The eight major military regions are: Northwest, Southwest, Nanshan, Jiangbei, Jiangyang, Hezhong, Northeast, and Southeast Military Regions."
"The commanders of the military regions are: Jiang Xuanqi, Fang Guoxuan, Zhang Wei, Li Zhongwu, Cai Tingwu, Zhao Linyu, Wang Zhixian, and Li Weiling."
"At present, the tasks of each department are to seize the opportunity to restore the economy and people's livelihood in various places, implement our policies, and recruit soldiers."
"As for the various military regions, you can start preparations now. The integration of forces into military regions will not officially begin until the middle of next year or the end of the year at the earliest."
"Not only do the military commands in various regions need to set up general staffs, but now that the army has expanded in size, the headquarters also needs to set up a general staff headquarters, a defense ministry and other departments to coordinate the management of the troops in the various military commands."
In addition to being the military district commander, Jiang Xuanqi will still serve as the garrison commander, in charge of the garrison division.
After that, they discussed some details and then everyone dispersed.
The officers stayed in Nanling for several more days, celebrating New Year's Eve and the Spring Festival there. It was not until the third day of the New Year that Fang Jian sent people to send them back to their respective units.
During the New Year period, the Dwarf Locust Kingdom was very well behaved, and other parts of the New Kingdom also remained peaceful.
After all, the entire military force of the new country was completely defeated by Franciscan.
On February 2th, taking advantage of the festive day of the New Year, the Francis Xavier government issued an announcement and sent a telegram to the whole country, officially establishing the People's Government of the Great New Kingdom, with Francis Xavier as the first chairman of the government.
Although it was not the founding of a country, but just the formal establishment of a new government, the news still caused an uproar on all sides.
Yuan Yueting of the Northern Government was dissatisfied and said, "How outrageous! How outrageous! This Fang Jian thought that he could unify and govern the new country just by winning the war?"
"Although he has a strong army, without money and supplies, how can he maintain the operation of the entire government?"
"Mr. President, we are still the legitimate ruler of the new country. We should send a telegram to reprimand the other party." Seeing Yuan Yueting complaining, Yang Fu comforted him.
Yang Fu naturally knew that if he sent a telegram to reprimand the other party, the other party would certainly ignore them, but wasn't this comforting Yuan Yueting?
Yuan Yueting sighed and said, "I shouldn't have agreed to let Fang Ji'an go to Xinyuan in the first place."
Yang Fu curled his lips. This kind of trivial matter was not something Yuan Yueting was personally involved in. It was all handled by his subordinates. There was not much use for Yuan Yueting to regret it.
However, the Fang family has had a hard time in recent years. Yuan Yueting blamed Fang Jian for not supporting the northern government and suppressed the Fang family.
Especially last year, after Fang Ji'an annexed thirteen provinces, he oppressed the Fang family even more. The Yuan and Fang families were old friends, but Yuan Yueting showed no mercy to them, which showed how cruel Yuan Yueting was.
"Mr. President, Deputy Minister Peng has already gone south to Qiyuan. I think we will have good news soon." Without dwelling on this issue any further, Yang Fu changed the subject.
Hearing this, Yuan Yueting's face turned even uglier. Peng Yuguo, the Deputy Minister of Finance, suggested a few years ago that the tariffs should be withdrawn from the small dwarf locust.
So, after preparing the information, just after the Spring Festival, on the fifth day of the first lunar month, he went south to negotiate with the Dwarf Locust Kingdom.
Today, the finances of the Northern government are in great difficulty. It can no longer obtain loans or assistance from the great powers. What awaits the Northern government is internal collapse.
After receiving the news from Fang Jian, Chang Yunxian, Xu Weigong, and senior government officials all entered the conference room.
Chang Yun didn't say anything first, and everyone in the meeting room remained silent.
After a moment, Chang Yunxian broke the silence: "Everyone, Fang Jian has swept across fourteen provinces in the country. How should we respond now?"
Fang Jian occupied twelve provinces at once, which put an enormous amount of pressure on Chang Yunxian.
Moreover, most importantly, this time Fang Jian was not limited to occupying twelve provinces, but only occupied twelve provinces. Provinces such as Nanhai, Guangnan, Mobei, Jiangbei, and Heyuan could also be occupied as long as Fang Jian was willing.
Although he has great ambitions, the southern government has lost all its elite troops and it will take time to restore its strength.
Another point is that restoring strength also requires money. Although the finances of the South are much better than those of the Northern government, it can only barely support the operation of the Southern government.
"Commander-in-chief, the finances are tight right now. When will the remaining part of the loan negotiated with the Ge Lan Kingdom arrive?" asked Finance Minister Xu Lansheng.
When talking about loans, Chang Yunxian's face turned ugly again.
The loan that had been agreed upon was postponed indefinitely due to the interference of the small dwarf locust country in the new country's political affairs.
Fortunately, after the secret agreement was signed, the Ge Lan Kingdom took the lead in lending part of the money, otherwise the southern government would have been like the northern government, losing everything.
Seeing Chang Yunxian's grim expression, Chief of General Staff Chen Xiuqing whispered, "We'll discuss the loan later. Does the government have no money left?"
"There is not much money left." Xu Lansheng shook his head.
Chen Xiuqing frowned: "Didn't we just receive 5 million Gram coins? This money should last for a while."
"This..." Xu Lansheng suddenly hesitated.
Just as he was wondering how to step down, Chang Yunxian waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's talk about this later. The most urgent thing is to raise some money, recruit troops, and prepare for a battle with Fang Jian."
Chen Xiuqing looked at Chang Yunxian and Xu Lansheng with a complicated expression. He knew that the 5 million Ge Lan coins that had just been deposited into the account must have been tampered with.
Although he didn't know whether Chang Yunxian was involved, Chen Xiuqing was very disappointed with the other party's attitude of covering up.
What is meant by "let's talk about it later" is to wait until things are over and then slowly let it go.
Now that we are facing a powerful enemy, it is time for us to work together to develop ourselves, but they are still meddling with our finances. If we let this go, they will get worse in the future.
"Now that we can't get a loan, how can we get the money together?" Chen Xiuqing asked after a sigh.
Xu Lansheng on the side said with a smile: "We have done the statistics. There are many wealthy gentry in the four provinces of Dongchuan, Jinchang, Southeast, and Huinan."
"I think it shouldn't be a big problem to ask them to donate some money and make some contribution to the revolution."
"Besides, the South is now prosperous, so we can increase taxes, and then lower them after this period of relief is over."
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiuqing immediately objected: "No, how can we last long if we exhaust all the resources like this?"